to get "there" is impossible

[dannyday5821]

sorry - wasnt sure where this should go...

i was thinking...if i say, im going to move from "here" to go over "there" - then actually its impossible.

by the time i get "there" - there is no "there" as it now becomes "here". So to be "there" or to get "there" is impossible. should i say "im going to move from here, to here" - that makes more sense to me.

I tried explaining this to someone else...and they didnt get what i was saying - does anyone else understand? am i making sense? does anyone else agree?

[~Wingnut~]

I understand what your saying danny, but if you said here to here then surely it would mean you haven't moved? You need to get there to eventually be here. There needs to be a there to be able to move in the first place?
It's kinda like there being no tomorrow because it is always today.


... I think!...

[~max~]

....and if you say "I'm going there tomorrow", you actually create a time/space continuum!!!

[~Wingnut~]

I meant to say if you say here to here without specifying a place, thing etc.. either by name or visually then it would mean you haven't moved as no-one would know where here is, but then I guess no-one would know where there was either, unless you had already specified this in an earlier statement.

[~max~]

Wingnut, you forgot to take your medicine again.....;O)

[Emmeedask]

To go from here to there is what you will be doing (in the future). I am going from here to here is what you are doing at the time (in the present) and I was there and am now here is what you have done (in the past).

I know what you mean it sounds logical in your head it just doesn't fit into good grammar I think.

[~Wingnut~]

Taking it now ~Max~

Just opened the bottle ;o)

[dustypuss]

well I'm here now . when i get to where I'm am going then i will be there i certainly wont be here

OK so iv just been there and when i got there i was there not here.

and iv just got back from there so now I'm here :-)

[dannyday5821]

ah yes i understand what your saying now - i dont think its anything philosophical to be honest - i think its just my strange way of thinking - i mean ive heard of thinking outside the box but sometimes even i take it too far!

i understood what you were saying wingnut - but in grammatical terms, emmeedask made it nice and clear - when i thought of it as past, present and future it did make sense to me now!

im confused max...how does saying "im going there tommorow" create a time/space continum?

[~max~]

No no..no no!

Once you got there, you were actually in a "here" place.
Now you are here, but once you get there, you will be in a new "here".

*reaches for valium*

[lajohn]

Max - for someone whose birth language is not English you write and understand it much better than many bred and born English. I have great respect and admiration for you and I highly commend your command of the English language. You've truly impressed me.

[~Wingnut~]

Aye I've never been good at that grammar stuff danny ;o)

[~max~]

Well, thank you Lajohn, that's very touching! :O)

[taichiperson]

It's all relative!!!

[~max~]

I'm still grinning from that comment!!! Lajohn, you've officially made my day! lol

[dannyday5821]

i love it when people say "its all relative!" - hahaha - my answer is always "relative to what!?" LOL :P cuz im an annoying little sod!

[Emmeedask]

It all depends where you are when you say it. Max may indeed have been in space if his first language is not english is it more of a galactic nature?

Now I think my mind is vexed!

[dustypuss]

i went from here to there to see my ant and uncle their relative

[stonekicker]

you lot have far too much time on your hands...

[Sgt.Rock]

Sad tw*t

[Theland1]

Here & There.